Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

johnstonjames Whenever i get a chance to see this one (which is not too often) i always find myself a little befuddled, but always amused by the whole thing. as silly and ridiculous as much of this gets, i always sense a cerebral (i know ha ha on so many levels) quality to it and it's story, especially if you so choose to take it to a higher level. why not. as this movie defies a certain amount of explanation, you might as well see it any way you choose.this movie has always had a strange effect on me. when i first saw it back in the 80's i remember being struck by the fact that it seemed a lot weirder than 'The Jerk'. that's saying a lot since 'The Jerk' is pretty off the wall. i remember thinking that "quirky" and "oddball" didn't quite describe what i saw. i even thought this was weirder than 'Weird Science'. and 'Science' is weirdness pushing the envelope of sanity. i kind of dismissed 'TMWTB' as the fact that Hollywood and artist types are always kooks. as i got a bit older i took more interest in children's literature, fairy tales, nursery rhymes and folk lore traditions, as well as classic older cinema works. when i saw this film again it struck me as even more crazy weird. and also ripe for psychoanalysis. so much of the aim of it's effectiveness seems to be psychogenic in the very nature of it's message of psychometry. i know that sounds like a pretentious mouthful of words, but i just don't know any better way to describe this. and yes, i know, i like to play Pop psychologist.i'm probably going to run out of my word minimum here, so lemme put it simply. in a sense this movie was the first 'Shallow Hall'. love should know no boundaries of physical observation you know blah blah... starting to get it? it's not hard if you've had some basic psych classes at a Jr. local.and as for Steve Martin's brain surgeon protagonist? um. that's not a character in a story, that's some kind of pyschohistorical text of the male sex. men are visually stimulated sexually, have ego attachment issues and so on. we've heard it all before. especially from frustrated feminist types. this whole movie is told from a psychodynamic and psychoanalytical perspective that simply rattles the unconscious. and the funny bone.because all in all, it's main attempt is at humour. which i personally think it succeeds with great finesse. Steve Martin is a brilliant comedian and very adroit at physical comedy. Carl Reiner is also a very funny man although sometimes he can fall a little flat as a film director, like in his early venture 'The Comic'.this is also a farcical send up of 50's sci-fi films like 'Donovan's Brain' and 18th century pot boiler literature. probably not best to think about this film too much. it just gets too trippy. it's mostly for ticklish fun. relax. enjoy. but this eccentric comedy probably has more, ahem , "brains", than it's given credit for.

info-242-256878 This film by Steve Martin is one of my favourites. I believe it is one of his great films, along side Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bowfinger and The Three Amigos, but that is my humble opinion! Also, as a musician into electronic, synthesized music, the soundtrack is superb. Trouble is, I cannot find it anywhere. Kathleen Turner plays an excellent role too, and you really start to feel sorry for Steve Martin. The sexual frustration is intense!! I feel it borders on the 'Naked Gun' style, which is a big plus point for me. When all is said and done, The Man With Two Brains is a great & funny film. Even for todays hard to please audience!

mysterio_cluez The man with two brains isn't a great comedy. Indeed it does make you laugh at times, is definitely a step up from the spoofs of these days, and is extremely quirky, with some strange scenes such as Steve Martin's character licking his palms so he is able to stick to the side of the building and Merv Griffiths being an "elvator killer" who injects people with window cleaner. But quirky is sometimes a good thing. Although this typical weird 80s comedy is strange it is entertaining. Whether or not it's genius or a completely shite movie is beyond my level of thinking. You can decide for yourself. Fans of such films as "Dr Detroit" or "neighbours", i recommend it to you. 6/10

Bjorn (ODDBear) In the Icelandic language there's one word that perfectly describes this film; Steypa. Most people here won't know what that means but in English it means "concrete" and doesn't apply all that well. Basically this film is one of those Steve Martin/Carl Reiner collaborations of totally whacked out comedies that don't make a lick of sense but are quite simply hilarious on occasions.How on earth can you imagine a sentence like this could make any sense in the context of a film; "Were you out on the lake today kissing your brain?". Well, here it makes perfect sense as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Martin) makes the grave mistake of saving the life of the obnoxious Kathleen Turner and, worse still, marrying her. However, Michael finds true love in the form of a brain (voiced by Sissy Spacek) and contemplates ways to restore that brain in a human being. He is, after all, the world's best brain surgeon.My particular favorite here is when Martin is pulled over by the Swiss police and subjected to what has to be deemed the toughest drunk test ever. But overall "The Man With Two Brains" is chock full of crazy scenes, most quite funny while others simply leave you scratching your head.Martin was born for these kinds of roles and he's perfect here. Turner is simply stunning to look at and shows quite the flair for outrageous comedy. David Warner is solid as a crazy scientist and Re-Animator's Jeffrey Combs has a funny cameo as an orderly who's very romantic (or a big perv; you make the call).